WARDEN'S COURT.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1266, 2 May 1883, Page 2

WARDEN'S COURT.

Monday April 30th, 1883. (Before Mr Warden Revell.) Applications. Alfred Treat— No appearance. Robert Smith— resideuco area Alfred River. Granted subject to cancellation should the ground be proved to bo anriferoua. Alex. Donaldson — water-race, Golden Gully, between South Hopeful and Southern Cross leases, in Boatman's Creek, 150 yards. Granted. Mr O'Bourke — residence area, Blackwater, 3 chains square, opposed by Mark Ross for the reason that the ground is auriferous. Application refused being partly on river reserve and partly on gold workings. Edward Taylor— section 908, Reefton. Adjourned through insufficiency of pegThomas Cochrane— section 988 churchstreet, Reefton. Granted. Samuel Veal— head and tail-race, New Gully, 5 miles north <>f landing creek, near Rip-and-Tear close to St. Helena, Granted. Dan McGee— water-race, 5 miles, MerrijiKß, also dam at Big River, 40 chains + 30 chains, about half-mile from Big River leasu. Granted. Globe Gold Mining Company— tramway, Oriental Creek and terminating in liiangaluia river, 97 c i m i 11S) conrae c. and \V. Granted. John McLean -for the Sunnysido Co. mining lease. Recommended. Charles Macquarrio— for the Southern Monarch Company, , u i u i n ,, i oaso . R - ccouuuoudod.

"W. Ilindmarsh — for tlio Painkiller and Palmerston Company, mining lea3e. Recommended. W. Crnizenga — for the Dresden Company, mining lease. Recommended. W. Hiiidmarah — for tho. i-tonewall Jackson Company, mining lease, Recommended. W. Hindmarsh— for the Clyde Company, mining lease. Recommended. G. W ise— for the Sultan Company. Recommended. M. Fitzgerald Shamrock Company, mining lease. Recommended. It. Roulstou for the Annandale Company, mining lease. Recommended. G. C. Bowman — for the Yorkey Creek Company, mining lease. Recommended. James Anderson — for the Londonderry. Recommended. E. Ashton— for the Richmond Company mining, lease. Recommended. A. Ellistou— for the Beaconstieid Company, mining lease. Recommended. W. Hindmarsh— for the Divide Company, application for special claim. Charles Clifford was called, and deposed: The ground is not upon any known line of reef, but is applied for for prospecting purposes. It is hard to estimate the probable cost of thoroughly prospecting the ground, owing to its rugged character. The Company purpose starting operations next spring. Recommended. W.lrving — for the Admiral Seymour, Special claim. Adjourned till next Court day. Thomas Lee — for the Gladstone Company Special Claim. Thomas Lee, I am manager of the Gladstone Company, and the preselit lease has been in occupation for the past seven years and we have not yet found anything payable. The ground is very wet. A low level tunnel will have to be driven about 1200 ft. We estimate the cost of the work contemplated at £15,000. Recommended. COUNTY COUNCIL V. BAYFIELD. Application for the cancellation of certificate of a water-raco held by the iNew Zealand Antimony Company. Letter put in from defendant, as secretary of the Company, stating that it waa not his intention to oppose the application. Mr Lynch. County Solicitor, appeared in support of the application. Patrick Brennan : lam County Chairman of Inangahua. The Council hold a miners right. I know that the New Zealand Antimony Company have applied for a water-race in Auld's Creek, but nothing since has been done in the matter, ihe Council purpose to obtain a water supply from the same creek, about half a mile up from its junction with the Inangahua river. Granted. BATT V. WELCOME COMPANY. Application for cancellation of certificate of tailings site at Capleston. Mr Lynch appeared for the defence. John Batt— The company have held the site since the sth November, 1881, and have never done anything to utilise it. The ground is described as being near Rogers' bridge : they hold another special si to of live acres near their battexy, ! and that ha 3 never been utilised. I have I applied for it as the only level piece of ground at Boatman's to build upon. They have eleven berdans and two pans at I the battery, and I do not think that they have any right to the lower site. Mr Lynch said, that the ground waa held bona fide, and that ever siuce it waa taken up tho company had been getting everything in readiness to use it. He called. Patrick Brenuan : I am manager of the Welcome Company, and I know the special site app ied for by Batt ; the company have been getting berdans, but they have not yet been thoroughly completed. j The ground in question was applied for to store tailings on. The company have another site for stacking tailings, but only a very small piece of it is of any use for the purpose, as it was only a short time j ago that a flood came down the creek and swept away a large quantity of the tailings. The company sent away to Melbounib last week for a tailings pump ; the grouiid is held under a certificate. By Applicant : lam certain that after the tailings have been treated by thirteen berdans they will be treated again on the site in question. There is a large quantity of gold which cannot be extracted by berdans, and it is only by exposure to the atmosphere that the gold can be released. T. M'Laughlin, a director of the company, was called, and stated that the company had received an offer of 10 per cent, for the tailings after they had gone through the thirteen berdans. Application refused. The Court then adjourned.